Ömer Lütfi Efendi①
Born 1883/84 (AH 1301) · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Dated entries 1898 to 1909 (AH 1316 to 1326)
Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİDd. 142-171
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
Places and reading notes
- Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)
- Havsa
7 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.
The life
Ömer Lütfi Efendi① was born in Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) in 1883/84 (AH 1301). Schooling included Dimetoka Kasabası İbtidaisi; Rüşdiye. [source]
Service began in Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) in 1898/99 (AH 1316). Dated career entries span 1898/99 (AH 1316) to 1908/09 (AH 1326) across 7 AH years, from Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) to Didymoteicho (Dimetoka), beginning with Ziraat Bankası odacısı and ending with entries for Ziraat Bankası Sandığı Muhasebe Kâtibi. More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) and Havsa. [1]
Monthly pay went from 40 kuruş in 1898/99 (AH 1316) to 500 kuruş in 1908/09 (AH 1326); the highest recorded monthly rate is 500 kuruş in 1908/09 (AH 1326). [1]
Life and career
Follow 5 dated stages in the life. Choose a year in the life ribbon below the map. Places and earlier connections accumulate as you advance; All stops reveals the overview.
Stage 1 of 5 · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)
How to read this map
Connections join located entries in chronological stages; other recorded places stay in the text. Dashed connections pass intervening stages without a map position. They do not document a travel route or continuous service.
Entries within the same AH year are not ordered. Stages with more than one located locality remain unconnected; each source place stays visible.
1 1883/84 (AH 1301)
Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)
Birth
2 First work as recorded
Calculated age 15
Ziraat Bankası odacısı
40 kuruşCalculated age 15
3 1899/1900 (AH 1317) · 4 recorded years
Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)
AH entries: 1317, 1318, 1319, 1320. Gaps remain open.
Ziraat Bankası odacısı
40 kuruşCalculated age 16
Continuing service as described
Ziraat Bankası odacısı
40 kuruşCalculated age 17
Continuing service as described
Ziraat Bankası odacısı
40 kuruşCalculated age 18
Continuing service as described
Ziraat Bankası odacısı
40 kuruşCalculated age 19
Continuing service as described
4 1903/04 (AH 1321)
Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) / Place not recorded / Havsa
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Location not recorded
Ziraat Bankası odacısı
40 kuruşCalculated age 20
Continuing service as described
Place not recorded
Infisal
Calculated age 20
Ziraat Bankası Sandığı Muhasebe Kâtibi refakati
250 kuruşCalculated age 20
5 1908/09 (AH 1326)
Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)
Ziraat Bankası Sandığı Muhasebe Kâtibi
500 kuruşCalculated age 25
1 entry without a resolved year
These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.
- Ziraat Bankası Sandığı Muhasebe Kâtibi refakati · Didymoteicho (Dimetoka) · Undated · 250 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated only within the same recorded calendar. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.
Pay over time
Pay in its time
Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.
Use Enter, Space or ← / → on a salary point, or click the percentile panel to choose the nearest observed AH year. All yearly values appear below.
Marks show observed AH years only; gaps remain blank and no line implies continuous pay or service. The reference range includes the focal official when they are in the sample.
How the comparison is calculated
One highest recorded salary per official and AH year. Same-year medians, nearest-rank 10th and 90th percentiles, and relative standing are recomputed from the selected collection.
Amounts are nominal monthly kuruş in years with a recorded salary. Gaps are left blank; values are not adjusted for prices. Explicitly unpaid zero entries remain in the chronology and are omitted from logarithmic salary plots.
View the yearly values
| AH year | Official rate | Sample median | Sample p10 to p90 | Paid less | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898/99 (AH 1316) | 40 | 400 | 144 to 1,400 | 1.4% | 1844 |
| 1899/1900 (AH 1317) | 40 | 400 | 140 to 1,440 | 1.7% | 1821 |
| 1900/01 (AH 1318) | 40 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 1.7% | 1761 |
| 1901/02 (AH 1319) | 40 | 400 | 150 to 1,520 | 1.4% | 1666 |
| 1902/03 (AH 1320) | 40 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 1.7% | 1627 |
| 1903/04 (AH 1321) | 250 | 405 | 150 to 1,450 | 22.1% | 1578 |
| 1908/09 (AH 1326) | 500 | 400 | 150 to 2,000 | 52.4% | 1232 |
Career patterns and pay
Recorded pay over the career
Kuruş · dated amountsSelect an amount for its date, post, place and age.
● Post entry● Retirement● Other status
Dated rates and labelled continuing-service entries, not total annual earnings. Missing amounts remain blank; zero remains zero.
Where the career is recorded
Distinct AH years with career entriesGaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.
Amounts recorded by place
Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate- Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)40 to 500
- Havsa250
Ranges retain different rates and source assertions. Retirement amounts are separate from post pay.
Titles across the recorded years
Distinct AH years with each recorded titleThe most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.
Related officials in the salary reference
- Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)80 other officialsMehmed Rami Bey born 1883/84 (AH 1301); highest salary 1,200 kuruş
- Didymoteicho (Dimetoka)21 other officialsİsmail Efendi 6 shared years; highest salary 1,000 kuruş
- 1898/99 (AH 1316)151 other officialsAbdullah Sıdkı Efendi first entry in Taif; highest salary 900 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Personal details
Education and languages
First work and apprenticeship
- Age at first service
- 15 [source]Calculated year-label differences and source-stated ages are distinguished; alternatives remain visible.
- First work place
- Dimetoka [source]
- First-salary field
- 40 kuruş (personal first-salary field) [source]A personal first-salary field does not by itself establish the pay of a particular career event.
- First work year
- 1898/99 (AH 1316) [source]
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval Defterlerine göre Dimetokalı memurlar
SİBEL EDEMEN · 2025 · Pages 169, 170
BOA. DH. SAİDd. 142-171
Read the original source accounts · 10 source entries →
The chronology groups compatible entries for reading. Each original account remains available with its wording, dates, amounts and archival reference.
Yearly entries and their source passages · 7 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 9 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.